SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
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Light Industrial
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Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
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Health Care Facilities
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Universal
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Focus Area
Custodial and Waste
Topic
Waste Audit and Measurement
Question #
P5.1a – Workplan
Question
Is a Waste Reduction Work Plan in place at the building?
Applicability
All asset classes
Owner/landlord occupied building
Tenant occupied building – waste managed by the owner/landlord
Answer & Scoring
- Yes = 2 points
- No = 0 points
- Not applicable – Tenant occupied building: Waste managed by the tenant = 0/0
Max of 2 points
Requirements
Reference the Waste Audit and develop the following:
- A building-specific Waste Reduction Work Plan that covers the following:
- Responsible parties, including the building team’s training Requirements
- Standard operating procedures (SOP) for waste collection
- Identify the waste streams generated at the building, covering the following:
- Recyclables, such as paper (general, mixed and confidential shredded paper), metal cans, glass, plastics (rigid or soft), cardboard etc.
- Food and organics, such as food waste, coffee pods, grease/cooking oil, containers, cutlery, etc.
- Electronic waste (e-waste), batteries, printer cartridges etc.
- Waste (or garbage)
- Construction and renovation (skids, light bulbs, etc.)
- Furniture, equipment
- Miscellaneous
- Treatment of contaminated waste
- Hazardous
- Tenant-managed waste
- Describe each stream’s waste removal strategy, such as:
- Identify the different waste streams collected at the building (at least two streams (garbage, mixed or paper recycling)
- How waste is collected within the building and site (describe the on-site source separation strategies)
- Who collects each of the current waste streams from the building and site
- [Optional] Determine if there any waste streams that represent >15% of the total waste stream (as measured in the waste audit sample) and separate collection is not yet set up at the building
- Waste hauling destination
- Frequency of collection
- Outcomes and recommendations from the most recent waste assessment
- Clear outline of the waste reduction plan for the next 12-24 months
- Program must be signed by the building manager, dated within the past 12 months
This work plan incorporates many other areas of the BOMA waste section into a unified plan and will be used to verify and cross-reference other claims.
Documentation
- Waste Reduction Workplan
- Proof that program was shared with tenants
Suggested Lead
In-house, with third-party support
Value
- Establish a waste reduction workplan to establish waste reduction goals, implement waste management strategies, and reduce waste production at a building
- Include current standard operating procedures for waste collection and the waste streams collected at the building in the waste reduction work plan
- Implement additional waste streams and waste reduction strategies to reduce the amount of waste at their building sent to a landfill
RELATED Question:
Description
Source separation strategy facilitates the separation of waste at the point of generation for recycling and waste destined for disposal.
References
Adapted BB 3.0 Question
Best Practice 12 – Is a Source Separation Program in place at the building?
Best Practice 14 – Is a Waste Reduction Work Plan in place at the building?